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Mutual learning in Dutch-Moroccan and Dutch-Turkish municipal partnerships: window on the Netherlands

Journal

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volume | Issue number

103 | 1

Pages (from-to)

101-109

Number of pages

9

Document type

Article

Faculty

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)

Institute

Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)

Abstract

This paper focuses on mutual learning (learning by both involved parties) in Dutch-Moroccan and Dutch-Turkish municipal partnerships.
This is particularly relevant as strengthening local governance is high on the agenda of both migrant source and destination
countries and the body of knowledge on mutual learning in municipal partnerships is limited. After describing the national
and local policy context, the paper presents an analysis of knowledge exchanges and learning at the level of local government
and other society actors in the Netherlands, Turkey and Morocco. The results show that involved actors in the three countries
learned in different ways within these partnerships. The international exchanges also helped strengthening connections between
local government and non-governmental actors in the involved countries. The potential for mutual learning was however not
fully utilised due to the absence of clear learning strategies, existing language barriers and the lack of strategic involvement
of other actors.

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